Tech Mahindra appoints Richard Lobo as its chief people officer

Former Infosys chief human resource officer Richard Lobo has joined Tech Mahindra in the role of its chief people officer. This comes as the IT services sector continues to see a wave of senior-level churn.

In December, former Infosys president Mohit Joshi took over as the CEO of Tech Mahindra.

The company announced Lobo’s appointment on social media.


In August 2023, Infosys's Lobo resigned from the firm after a 23-year stint at Infosys to work briefly with edtech major Byju’s. Joshi has already introduced a host of leadership changes in the organisation even as it has seen its share of senior leadership churn since his appointment was announced.

Harshvendra Soin, global chief people officer & head - marketing, Tech Mahindra has been elevated to president APJ, telecom and enterprise business and has moved to Australia. Manish Vyas, head of the communications vertical, has moved on from the company. Dhanashree Bhat who was chief delivery officer of the communications, media, and telecom (CMT) group left the company to join as chief operating officer at Persistent Systems.

Joshi announced this internal restructuring during the company’s Q2 earnings conference, highlighting the vertical-wise focus for delivery instead of Tech Mahindra’s previous geography-focused structure. Overall, the new CEO has created six focused business units: Americas Communication, Americas Technology Media, Americas diversified, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), APJ (Asia Pacific and Japan), and India.

The reshuffle came into effect from January 1.